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1. 1. Health chiefs' £40m surplus

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 28 March 2006 HEALTH chiefs in Greater Manchester have built up a é40m surplus of unspent cash.

2. 2. Easy-access booze 'damages health'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 March 2006 CHEAP and plentiful alcohol could cause a health crisis reminiscent of the horrors of the 18th century "Gin Lane", a liver expert warned.

3. 3. Crisis fund to bail out NHS trusts

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 March 2006 HEALTH chiefs in Greater Manchester are setting up a '61m fund to help trusts facing a cash crisis.

4. 4. Fat children may be given ops

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 18 March 2006 OBESE children could be offered stomach surgery under guidelines being put forward by the health watchdog.

5. 5. Hospital blues for the over-50s

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 20 March 2006 FIVE Greater Manchester hospitals are bottom of a new league table which ranks health care for older people.

6. 6. £17,500 payout for sick rugby coach

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 20 March 2006 A RUGBY league hero has been handed a '17,500 payout after he claimed he was forced out of his job as Wigan Warriors coach due to ill health.

7. 7. Hewitt denies Crisp was forced to quit

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 08 March 2006 HEALTH Secretary Patricia Hewitt rejected suggestions today that Sir Nigel Crisp was forced to quit as NHS chief executive by the Government amid mounting deficits.

8. 8. The doctor will text you now...

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 March 2006 TEXT messages reminding patients of their doctors' appointments could save the NHS up to '370m a year in England alone, according to a new report.

9. 9. 240,000 could lose their dentist

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 31 March 2006 MORE than 240,000 people across Greater Manchester could be left without an NHS dentist under government contracts which come into force at midnight tonight.

10. 10. Orange alert to beat flu threat

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 29 March 2006 A HUGE mock vaccination exercise using oranges was being held to help prepare Greater Manchester for a bird flu outbreak.

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